NRA stumbles in fight with Obama over gun-control proposals — Facing its toughest fight over gun reform in decades, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has stumbled out of the gate. — The powerful gun-lobby group responded to last month's Newtown, Conn., massacre with a defiant press conference calling …

ALGERIAN ASSAULT ENDS CRISIS, 19 HOSTAGES DEAD — AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert on Saturday in a “final assault” that ended a four-day-old hostage crisis, according to the state news agency and two foreign governments.

Algerian stance spoils U.S. strategy for region — LONDON — The hostage crisis in Algeria has upended the Obama administration's strategy for coordinating an international military campaign against al-Qaeda fighters in North Africa, leaving U.S., European and African leaders even more at odds over how to tackle the problem.

Obamas, Bidens participate in Day of Service — (CNN) - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden participated in a National Day of Service on Saturday, joining what event organizers say are volunteers around the country in local service projects.

A minority posture for House GOP — WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - House Republicans appeared to be coming to grips with a stark realization as they returned to Washington from a three-day retreat here — they have a majority in name only. — The party begins the 113th Congress with reduced numbers …

Not how the news was supposed to go for Carmen Ortiz — Yesterday and today were supposed to be spectacular news days for US Attorney Carmen Ortiz: yesterday morning, hundreds of state and federal police successfully executed a massive raid on violent gangs in Boston, arresting 27 …

Obama's No. 1 Second-Term Goal—Win Back The House — President Obama takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2009, as his wife Michelle, holds the Lincoln Bible and daughters Sasha and Malia watch at the... View Enlarged Image — On the night President Obama won re-election …

Well-Trod Path: Political Donor to Ambassador — When President Obama hosted dozens of his top donors at the White House in late November for a celebratory post-election dinner of chicken and pumpkin pie, few in the room could claim to have done more to elect him than Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue magazine.

Not With A Bang But With A Whimper — When you're wrong, you're wrong. I thought that by ruling out any way to bypass the debt limit, the White House was setting itself up, at least potentially, for an ignominious cave-in. But it appears that the strategy has worked, and it's the Republicans giving up.

The Cynicism of Dick Morris — One of the architects of the anti-militia panic is now borrowing the militias' rhetoric. … The longtime political consultant Dick Morris has a new book out, and—no, wait, don't go away. Morris may not be a thoughtful pundit or an admirable man, but he sure makes an interesting case study.

Money in Bad Faith — The depredations of the Fed. — The Federal Reserve is not your friend. Whether you reside on Wall Street or Main Street, whether you are a borrower or a saver, whether you lean toward the Tea Party or the Occupy Wall Street movement—or whether you simply believe …

Mali joins list of US ‘terror’ boomerangs — In the long inventory of unintended consequences of America's “war on terror”, recent events in Mali must count among the most embarrassing boomerangs. — The country, which had little strategic value to the US before 9/11 …

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